The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 4, 2024

Eureka Entertainment's very first Region A release is an impressive presentation of the Universal 1927 silent mystery-thriller classic THE CAT AND THE CANARY. The original film adaptation of THE CAT AND THE CANARY had a great influence upon not just the old dark house genre but the Universal horror   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on July 29, 2016

My new YA book, Eureka!: 50 Scientists Who Shaped Human History, is coming out on Tuesday from Zest. I still haven’t seen a copy (cutting things a bit fine, hm, Zest?), but I’m told it looks very handsome. I said the other day I’d post a few extracts from the...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on June 23, 2016

Electronic ARCs of my upcoming (September 6) book Eureka! are now available from NetGalley: click HERE. Here’s a blurb-like object: Galileo, Einstein, Curie, Darwin, Hawking — we know the names, but how much do we really know about these people? Galileo gained notoriety over his battle with   read more